lakecake 's review for:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

4.0

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I didn’t know much about Oppenheimer outside of the whole “father of the atomic bomb” thing, so this was a very thorough education on the man, and a deeper look into the times that shaped him. He certainly seems to have been a character and a genius, two things which both lifted him up and proved to be his undoing. Truly a fascinating look at how science can shape an individual and the world, and also a musing on whether science without humanity is worthwhile.